L. Andrea Brownlee

L. Andrea Brownlee, Ph.D., is an educator who has taught in K–12 schools, community colleges, and universities for almost two decades. Before becoming an educator, he worked as an engineer for eight years, starting his career as a civil engineer, designing and building infrastructure projects and systems. He received his calling to become a teacher while serving and teaching in the Black church. He has attended and graduated from all three state schools, finally completing his doctorate at the University of Arizona.

Currently, at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Arizona, he teaches courses in Computer Information Systems (CIS). As adjunct faculty, he teaches education courses at Mesa Community College, and at Estrella Mountain Community College and Arizona State University, he also teaches courses in African American studies.

In his tenure as an educator, he was selected as the Asa G. Hilliard III and Barbara A. Sizemore Fellow (2017), the Frederick Douglass Scholar at Edinboro University, PA (2017), the Martin Luther King Social Justice Award at Edinboro University, PA (2018), the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) Excellence Awards (2021), and the Diversity Advisory Council (DAC) Awards of Excellence (2021).

He has published in Phi Delta Kappan (PDK), the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD), and the National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs (NACCTEP).

An avid coffee drinker, originally from Atlanta, Georgia, he is the father of two beautiful children: a daughter named Athelyn A. Brownlee and a son named Phoenix L. Brownlee.